Agroindustrial sector development is priority for our country ? N.Nazarbayev
15:43, 13 June 2009
URALSK. June 13. KAZINFORM /Gaissagali Yeraly/ The agroindustrial sector development is the main direction in our country. Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has told spoken about it at the meeting with the residents of West Kazakhstan oblast; Kazinform reports.
The President noted that the agroindustrial sector support is one of the main seven directions determined at the 12th congress of Nur Otan Party and emphasized that agriculture is becoming a core industry.
?The main task we face is, first of all, to ensure food safety of our population, secondly, to manufacture products, which will be competitive in foreign markets. For the last time agriculture was supported by the state. This year the state allocated KZT 320 bln, KZT 8.5 bln out of them are directed to West Kazakhstan. In this connection, the region holds many activities. One of them is creation of a feeder cattle complex. There will be created 15 farms on meat products manufacture, seven farms on commercial milk production. The anti-crisis measures were taken in time. Such countries like Iceland, Hungary have thin times. We did not feel them in Kazakhstan. It is a result of the measures taken by us?, the Head of the State said.
N.Nazarbayev appraised the work conducted in West Kazakhstan.